Diwali | Wir packen unsere Rucksäcke

It’s been some time again since the last post and the Dengue news. And while I am writing this post now, I am already sitting in my old room at my parents‘ place in Salzgitter. I left India!

The weeks between Dengue and the leave of the rest of Batch 18 were very busy and quite emotional. Last things had to be done, last souvenirs to be bought, time to be spend with the great people we were working and living with. It hasn’t been easy to say goodbye, not at all. But in the end we had to and so, on 14th November, the last 5 people of Batch 18 took their plane to return to Germany.

We celebrated a nice farewell party, got rid of perceived more than the half of our stuff, mostly clothes and cosmetics, and received a lot of new nice things as farewell gifts. I was thinking about that moment, this day on which we would have to leave, for quite some time wherefore I almost had a pre-farewell mood in the last weeks. Nevertheless, you can never really be prepared for a farewell. When you have to say goodbye to people that became really close friends over 9 months, without knowing when you will meet them again, it will be tough and you can’t imagine this feeling until you really feel it.

I look back on 9 months of excitement, fun, friendship and great experiences on professional as well as on personal level. I definitely miss it. I miss India. I miss the people, my Indian friends and my Batch-friends. I miss Laburnum and the flat and I even miss the work I was doing at Crest. It feels like I lost my life and now I have to start something new again, kind of out of nothing. What stays are sweet memories and the desire to see all that awesome people again sometime. But I know, that even if I would go back now, I couldn’t get back the time I spent there. Things would be different which is normal and also ok. Some things end, others begin. This is life and we always become victims of its impermanence. The more import thing is, to deal with it.

Well, my current situation is the same than before India: I have to look for a job. I am quite confident that it won’t take too long until I find something even though things are not really going my way at the moment. But what India taught me is patience. At least for now, I will try to be patient and hope the best. I’ve just been to Germany for 6 days by now. So right now, there is no need to rush.

Of course, I will also share some pictures of the last weeks with you. I spent a nice long weekend in Chennai and Pondicherry, there was the Idian holiday Diwali before we left and we also took some random pics while enjoying the last time in India.

Chennai